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Handbooks

Minerals Revenue Reporter Handbook
Release 4.0, dated 6/4/2020

Searchable Table of Contents, Chapters, Supplemental Information, and Contact

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Aaron Lindquist
(303) 231-3020

Minerals Production Reporter Handbook

Release 3.0, dated 6/25/2020

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Please note that ONRR recently updated reporting guidance for selected appendices within the production handbook with a revision date of June 25, 2020. However, the remaining material in the production handbook remains unchanged with a revision date of September 15, 2014. We are in the process of modifying the production handbook to improve the search capability and handbook design. Once we complete our handbook modifications, all pages within the production handbook will have a revision date of June 25, 2020.

Aaron Lindquist
(303) 231-3020

Solid Minerals Reporter Handbook
Release 2.0, dated 6/2020

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Email Solids Reference at onrrsolidmineralreferencedata@onrr.gov or call your Solid Minerals Contact

Geothermal Payor Handbooks

Geothermal Class Lease Decision Tree

The ONRR Geothermal Payor Handbook is divided into two volumes- Geothermal Payor Handbook-Class 1 Leases and Geothermal Payor Handbook- Class 2 & 3 Leases.

In order to know which volume to use, we have written this short guide for those who need help determining which class of geothermal lease they have.

A. To determine if you have a Class 1 lease, the following are ways to find out:

1. Look at Section 2 Royalties of the lease terms on your geothermal lease, which will be form
#3200-24. It will say: “Royalty rates on production are: 10 percent for steam, heat, or energy; 5
percent for byproducts; and 5 percent for demineralized water.”
2. Have you had your lease since before August 8, 2005 and has it not been converted to the new
EPAct 2005 royalty terms?
3.Do you pay royalties using the “netback method”, or, if direct use, the “alternative fuel
method”?
If any of these apply, use the Geothermal Payor Handbook- Class 1 Leases
B. To determine if you have a Class 2 lease, the following are ways to find out:

1. Look at Section 2(a) Royalties of your lease, which will be form 3200-24(a). It will say:
“Royalty rates for geothermal resources produced for the commercial generation of electricity but
not sold in an arm’s length transaction are: 1.75 percent for the first 10 years of production and
3.5 percent after the first 10 years.”

2. Did you acquire your geothermal lease after August 8, 2005?

3. Do you pay royalties using the “percent of gross proceeds method”, or, if direct use, using the
ONRR Direct Use Fees Schedule?

If any of these apply, use the Geothermal Payor Handbook- Class 2 & 3 Leases
To determine if you have a Class 3 lease, the following are ways to find out:

3 Look at Section 2(a) Royalties of your lease, which will be form 3200-24(a). It will say:
“Royalty rates for geothermal resources produced for the commercial generation of electricity but
not sold in an arm’s length transaction are: 1.75 percent for the first 10 years of production and
3.5 percent after the first 10 years” If it was converted while producing, the royalty rates may be
a different percent of gross proceeds which would have been determined by your local BLM office.
Check with them.

4. Did you convert your geothermal lease to the new EPAct 2005 royalty terms after August, 2005?
Again, if you don’t know, check with your local BLM office.

5. Do you pay royalties using the “percent of gross proceeds method”, or, if direct use, using the
ONRR Direct Use Fees Schedule?
If any of these apply, use the Geothermal Payor Handbook- Class 2 & 3 Leases

Geothermal Payor Handbook Class 1 Leases
Dated 9/1/2017

Geothermal Payor Handbook - Class 1 Leases Entire Handbook

Geothermal Payor Handbook Class 2 & 3 Leases
Dated 9/1/2017

Geothermal Payor Handbook - Class 2 & 3 Leases Entire Handbook

Gina Liles
(303) 231-3256 regarding contents

Oil and Gas Payor Handbooks

Oil and Gas Indian Payor Handbook

ONRR is updating the Oil and Gas Federal Payor Handbook and creating a new Oil and Gas Indian Payor Handbook (link above) to provide guidance based on the most current regulatory language, Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) rulings, and applicable judicial decisions. If you have any questions about the content of the existing handbook or questions regarding valuation for royalty purposes, please contact ONRR Royalty Valuation at royaltyvaluation@onrr.gov.

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